By chuckhammerberry, ... Was having the same issues with port forwarding within pfSense for Plex.
D. dturbes last edited by . Tags pfsense, plex, network I’ve recently built a custom FreeNAS file server in my house to act as high capacity storage for my personal photos & videos, a Plex Media Server, and an S3 server for offsite backup for my business and family, among a few other minor things. But, the pfSense front panel has the option to additionally add the rule while creating a port forward. Firewall Port Forward To Plex. I could access the server remotely via the Plex web app, so it wasn’t a port forwarding issue – I had already allowed 32400/tcp through pfSense to the Plex server anyway. Only users with topic management privileges can see it. This topic has been deleted. Followers 0. Joined May 2, 2017 Messages 120. Problem:Requesting assistance with Plex firewall rules for segregated LAN and IOT networks at home. PFSense Port Forwarding & Plex. PLEX via PFSENSE I am not a new plex user and indeed have had my server running for several years. I have the exact same configuration you guys referenced and found that the one thing that made it all work .. make sure to put 32400 inside the airvpn local port that you have set up as well.

Keeping default port set at 32400 is perfectly acceptable and easier. DNS Rebinding attacks are where someone directs you to an address which resolves to an internal IP. PFSense Port Forwarding & Plex Sign in to follow this .

Plex/pfSense Firewall Rules I am not a firewall expert by any means, so this is probably a really easy fix for the right person. Sharing Plex without port forwarding Plex, by default, will set up the port as 32400 and will require it to be forwarded through your router to the destination (in this case, your Plex server). Thread starter Steven Wormuth; Start date May 28, 2018; Tags pfsense plex plex configuration port forward; Steven Wormuth FreeNAS Experienced . This allows traffic to the internal IP address based on the port forwarding settings. Plex remote access setup on pfsense. I recently made the jump from a router/firewall/WAP combo to adding a PFSENSE firewall to my network. You can manually choose another unused port, but that is unnecessary for the majority of users. Enable https for Plex Media Server with pfSense August 15, 2016 February 6, 2018 Stefan 1 Comment https , pfsense , plex , secure connection , tutorial min read If you want to enable https for Plex Media Server, you will probably experience that Plex can’t establish a secure connection and wants to use an insecure one instead when you try to connect to your server via the web interface. I am trying to setup remote access on pfsense router for plex that I have on a free nas server.
It turns out it was some security protection against DNS Rebinding.